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The quickest way to travel from Chumphon to Surat Thani Airport is take a minivan from Chumphon town centre to Surat Thani Airport. Minivan services are operated by Fame Tour whose office is very close to Chumphon Train Station. If you are travelling from Koh Tao take any service from Koh Tao to Chumphon Train

There are 4 ferry departures a day from Big Buddha Pier in Koh Samui, travelling on a single route: Big Buddha Pier in Koh Samui to Haad Rin Pier in Koh Phangan. These ferry services are amongst the basic ferry services operating from Koh Samui using large slow wooden boats. This service is most popular with

There are 19 ferry departures a day from Koh Samui Raja Ferry Port in Lipa Noi, travelling two routes: 1. Koh Samui to Surat Thani (Donsak Raja Ferry Port), and 2. Koh Samui to Koh Phangan (Thong Sala Ferry Port). Ferries: All services are operated by the Raja Ferry Company using large car ferries. Reliability: Because the ferries

Bangrak Seatran Pier is located in the North East corner of Koh Samui and it is the closest long distance ferry pier to Koh Samui Airport, Bophut, Chaweng and Lamai. Ferries: Seatran Discovery ferries operate from Bangrak Seatran Pier on a fixed route between Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui and Donsak on the mainland in

There are 6 direct minivan services a day from Suratthani Airport to Ratchaprapha Dam. The journey takes only 1 hour 40 minutes from the airport to Ratchaprapha Dam from where there are great views over Cheow Lan Lake (which is located in the Khao Sok National Park) and the departure point for longtail boats tours

Donsak Raja Ferry Pier is where you need to get to in order to board the cheap car ferry to Koh Samui or Koh Phangan. Donsak is in Surat Thani province but 66.7 km from Surat Thani city centre, where the bus stations are located, and 80.1 km from Phunphin, where Surat Thani train station

To get from Krabi to either Surat Thani Train Station, Surat Thani Airport, Koh Phangan or Koh Samui you first need to travel by bus to Surat Thani City. Phantip Travel have regular and inexpensive bus services from Krabi town to Surat Thani city. See below for information about onward travel from Surat Thani city

To reach Surat Thani Airport from Phuket by public transport you need to take a bus from Phuket’s main long distance bus station near Phuket Town to Surat Thani City. From Surat Thani City there is a minivan service to Surat Thani Airport. The entire journey from Phuket to Surat Thani Airport takes 6 hours

From Koh Lanta you need to first travel into Surat Thani City Centre to connect with bus services to Surat Thani Airport. You have the option of either: Taking a ferry from Saladan Pier in Koh Lanta to Klong Jilard Pier near Krabi Town, then a bus to Surat Thani City. Or travelling faster and

To reach either Surat Thani Train Station or Surat Thani Airport you first need to travel into Surat Thani City. Both the train station and the airport are located a long way from the city centre. There are services which travel direct from Koh Phi Phi to both Surat Thani city and train station, but